Long story short. Bought a 2005 RX8, automatic 15 months ago. Ran beautifully. Son takes it to college, uses premix, I have him get the oil changed roughly every other month. He doesnt put a lot of miles on it. He redlines it every chance he can. It has 43,000 miles on it. We just drove it from Texas to FL and Back in June, had the oil changed on both ends and she ran perfect.
Last week he says it put him into limp mode. Because I am out of State and he is in EL Paso, I could not find a good Rotary shop, so I sent him to the dealer. It starts right up, idles fine, runs good cold for 5 miles or so, then limps.
Dealer ran a compression test and said it failed because too much oil is getting pumped into the motor and the apex seals went. Suggest replace motor. I have attached their test. My questions, what else should I do before going with a motor replacement? I know I am 10 years into it, so Mazda prob wont warranty it, it does have low miles. Thoughts? What would you do?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Last week he says it put him into limp mode. Because I am out of State and he is in EL Paso, I could not find a good Rotary shop, so I sent him to the dealer. It starts right up, idles fine, runs good cold for 5 miles or so, then limps.
Dealer ran a compression test and said it failed because too much oil is getting pumped into the motor and the apex seals went. Suggest replace motor. I have attached their test. My questions, what else should I do before going with a motor replacement? I know I am 10 years into it, so Mazda prob wont warranty it, it does have low miles. Thoughts? What would you do?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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